(2005-04-29) Malanga West Side Development

Steven Malanga on the West Side Stadium in the Context of the history of corrupt Urban Development. These days, the real impediment to major development in New York City is government. It warehouses vast tracts of valuable land and uses narrowly drawn and outdated zoning laws to bar developers from constructing projects there without getting zoning variances - which gives the pols a big say in almost any significant building in the city and turns the Real Estate business into a quasi-political activity, with a pay-to-play overtone.